Azure-winged Magpie
Cyanopica cyanus
Least ConcernAves · Passeriformes · Corvidae
About
The azure-winged magpie is a bird in the crow family. It is 31–35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the Eurasian magpie but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. It belongs to the genus Cyanopica.
Fun Fact
Often azure-winged magpies find food as a family group or several groups making flocks of up to 70 birds.
Quick Facts
Habitat
To be updated
Diet
Diet consists mainly of acorns (oak seeds) and pine nuts, extensively supplemented by invertebrates and their larvae, soft fruits and berries, and also human-provided scraps in parks and towns.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance